A simulation of free-surface electrohydrodynamic flow

✍ Scribed by Kaiser, Kenneth L. ;Kaiser, Mark J. ;Weeks, Walter L.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 684 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1069-8299
• DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1640100409

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental analysis of free‐surface electrohydrodynamic flow is fragmented and incomplete. Simulation studies of this phenomenon are further limited by the inherent complexities in the modelling process. In this note a mathematical model is developed to analyse free‐surface electrohydrodynamic flow in two dimensions, and preliminary results of the simulation are described. The configurations examined include electrified conducting surfaces, the dielectrophoretic forces, and a conducting jet. The simulation is compared with analytical results in the first two investigations and is shown to be quite accurate. In the last simulation it is demonstrated that in the initial formation of a conducting jet, a 10 per cent increase in applied voltage results in about a 10 per cent increase in fluid velocity.